Item 05: Hector Brewer diary, 7 March-5 August 1918 - Page 64

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[Page 64]

more beautiful to a wounded or sick man coming in from the battlefield than to hear have delicate hands tenderly dress the injured part and to hear a sympathetic voice speak to him. A chap feels that he has earned some such treatment, but what if she were not there. So we must be thankful.

19th
Reached Rouen and were taken by car to No. 8 General Hospital where I was looked after by an American nurse. As I was quite blind by this time I needed some little attention. The gas in our eyes was just like grit and inflamed them

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